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disability

At Offbeat Wed, we know that disabilities aren’t always visible, and that while some of us might be getting married in a wheelchair or walking down the aisle with a cane, others of us are dealing with chronic conditions like fibromyalgia, or other invisible challenges like panic disorders, being neurodivergent, or having social anxiety conditions. Whatever your abilities, we want to help you have a wonderful wedding!

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Casey & Troy’s DIY duct tape, Hello Kitty, and LEGO wedding

When we feature weddings with barns AND tentacle content in one week, it can only mean it’s BARNACLE WEEK! Today we’ve got a Hello Kitty-meets-LEGO wedding with some cute-as-hell barn shots. Oh, and wait until you see how they incorporated the bride’s daugter into the processional and the vows!

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Heather & Johnathan’s nerdy summer picnic wedding

These two had some interesting dilemmas: managing expectations from a very Catholic family and a not-so-Catholic family, balancing the needs of disabilities and the recovery community, and having a super low budget. But we can all learn from this bride’s kick-ass attitude about keeping things accessible and authentic! Plus, we’re totally behind any wedding that ends with a D&D campaign.

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7 Deaf wedding traditions – Waving the white napkin and more!

These are just a few wedding features designed with deaf/hard of hearing guests’ needs in mind. Offbeat to those in the hearing world, they are simply common sense to any deaf guest you invite to your wedding. Without rocking the boat, Deaf Culture can have its place in a hearing couples’ wedding. Here are eight things to think about if you’d like to add deaf-friendly wedding features to your wedding.

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A literary Dinosaur wedding with a purple dress and a bad-ass blind bride

Check out Elsa’s awesome manifesto that challenges the WIC’s assumptions about what is “bridal,” to get to know this awesome bride. Then get a load of the dino and Doctor Who details, purple swingin’ dress, and “steamcane” that made this wedding fabulous.